Don’t Bomb Iran

Talking about the US allowing Iranian influence in southern Iraq, Saudi Foreign minister Prince Saud said:
“Now, this is — (laughs) — to us it seems out of this world that you do
this. We fought a war together to keep Iran from occupying Iraq after
Iraq was driven out of Kuwait. Now we are handing the whole country
over to Iran without reason.”

Prince Saud al-Faisal, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister, delivered these
remarks at the Council on Foreign Relations on September 23, 2005.

http://www.saudi-us-relations.org/newsletter2005/saudi-relations-
interest-09-28.html

Now, the south is pretty much pacified. There is no conflict in there,
because those who could cause conflicts, whether they’re supporters of
Iran or others, are happy with the situation that is happening. The
Iranians now go in this pacified area that the American forces have
pacified, and they go into every government of Iraq, pay money, install
their own people, put their own — even establish police forces for them,
arms and militias that are there and reinforce their presence in these
areas. And they are being protected in doing this by the British and the
American forces in the area.

Now, this is — (laughs) — to us it seems out of this world that you do
this. We fought a war together to keep Iran from occupying Iraq after
Iraq was driven out of Kuwait. Now we are handing the whole country
over to Iran without reason.